Ken Dodd's funeral will be a chance for his friends, family and fans to pay their last respects after his death on Sunday at the age of 90.

The comedian and singer died on Mother's Day , just two days after marrying his partner of 40 years, Anne Jones.

Ken's cause of death is yet to be confirmed, but it's known he had been in hospital for six weeks suffering from the aftermath of a serious chest infection after collapsing with the flu.

He was allowed home in late February but cancelled all his upcoming shows to recover.

When and where is Ken Dodd's funeral?

Sir Ken died on Mother's Day 2018 (Image: REX/Shutterstock)

With such an enormous fanbase, it's thought Ken's final goodbye to his adoring public will be carefully planned to include as many of his followers as possible - whether that means holding the funeral at a huge venue like Liverpool Cathedral, or allowing fans to line the streets in his home town Knotty Ash to send him off.

Ken was born, lived and died in the same home in the Liverpool suburb, so Knotty Ash would be the perfect location for his funeral.

He will be laid to rest by friends and family (Image: NCJ Archive)

Both his mother and his first fiancee Anita Boutin, who died aged 45 in 1977 of a brain tumour, had their funerals held at the local church in Knotty Ash, so it would be fitting if Ken had his own funeral there.

Ken continued to lay flowers on both women's graves every Christmas Day for long after their deaths, and made it part of his festive ritual to remember them.

Who will be at Ken Dodd's funeral?

Anne Jones outside their Knotty Ash home with tributes left by fans (Image: Daily Mirror)

While the date of Ken's funeral has not yet been confirmed, plenty of his celebrity friends have been paying tribute on social media.

Ken's wife of two days, Anne Jones, will be chief mourner, along with her nephew John Lewis, who accompanied her on Monday morning when she gave her tribute statement to the press.

Ken and Anne had no children - not for want of trying - so it's thought plenty of close friends will be with Anne to pay their respects.

The pair married the Friday before Ken's death (Image: REX/Shutterstock)

A guest list is being drawn up now, and some of the famous names who remembered Ken in their own words could be at the funeral.

In his tweet, comic Gary Delaney called Ken "one of the all time greats", and, referencing the fact Sir Ken's shows could often last for hours on end, joked: "The funeral will be held on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and most of Saturday."